The actor on ‘Uncoupled’ and his ‘digital dong’ in ‘Gone Girl’ By Chris Azzopardi It wasn’t that it was hard, but when Neil Patrick Harris shot a scene for the new Netflix series “Uncoupled,†in which his character tries to snap just the right Grindr shots, it was a little… hairy. It was “taking anglesâ€
By Johnny Trlica  Commentary: Can one ever get tired of watching young, muscular jocks wearing skin-tight football trousers, slamming their buff, sweaty bodies into each other while keeping their backfield in motion? We may find out very soon since Houston now has three professional football teams, sort of. More on that later. Twenty years
By Chris Azzopardi No matter what Republicans tell you, there’s never a bad time to get lost in a queer book. But now just happens to be a really good time to do so as parents pressure administrators to ban books with LGBTQ+ content from school classrooms and libraries. You can take action against these
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) What’s going on? We have actually gotten a little rain to cool off things a bit! It’s been so hot I haven’t even wanted to drive Bevo, my 1929 Ford Model A Roadster.  In this issue I’m giving you some recipes that won’t keep in the kitchen too long. There are
By Colby Etherton Much has happened in Washington the past several weeks, from the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act to President Biden announcing that $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan debt will be forgiven. The Inflation Reduction Act, for its part, is a much smaller version of Build Back Better, a massive piece of
By Nancy Ford Sure has been a hot summer, right? As you and your sweat soaked waistband know, Texas clocked a record number of 100 degree-plus days in 2022. The globe, it seems, is a middle-aged woman who is experiencing serious hot flashes. No wonder she’s cranky. And just because we made it to September,
By Romeo San Vicente If you’re queer, it’s the law that you love Chucky, the murderous doll that first appeared in the 1988 film “Child’s Play†– look, people make up arbitrary laws all the time, it’s our turn – and the killer toy’s gay creator, Don Mancini, is determined to bring even more
Getting lucky on the boulevard By Forest Riggs On Galveston Island, bars and restaurants come and go. The Island is known for its abundance of great places to hang out, meet the locals, and enjoy great food and drink. Sometimes a bar is so popular it just can’t die! Like the legendary phoenix found
In ‘They/Them’, the ‘Footloose’ actor’s character has surprises in store for this camp’s new queer recruits By Chris Azzopardi Kevin Bacon is back at camp. Not Camp Crystal Lake, where the 64-year-old actor met his gruesome demise in the original 1980 horror classic “Friday the 13th.†But at the kind of camp that is a
Brett Ishida, Artistic Director and Founder of ISHIDA Dance, returns to the Lone Star State after her recent stint in Washington D.C., where she premiered new commissioned work as part of The Washington Ballet’s prestigious NEXT steps series to rave reviews. The Washington Ballet NEXT steps is a program debuting new, never-before-seen ballets in the
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